Ryan responded to Deron Treadwell's post: >Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>This made me think of an example of just how silly things are sometimes in >>this area. ... Catherine Gallant is a women's basketball >>player at UMaine. She is also student teaching, at a middle school. Now, >>she is an assistant coach for the women's basketball team [??????], but per >>NCAA rules she isn't allowed to go to any games, because the NCAA would view >>that as trying to "influence players" to attend UMaine. Personally I think >>this is ridiculous, since she's simply volunteering her time to help some >>young girls learn the game. > >Quite the contrary, I think this is anything but ridiculous. Who's to say >a university wouldn't have a player "volunteer" to help an interscholastic >team for the purpose of recruiting a standout player? If one player can >do it, then the other players will do it. Now people in the university >program start getting ideas. {snipped another example} >While these rules are extreme, they are not without unreasonable. If players >are allowed to receive some benefits, the question becomes: Where do we draw >the line? If the rules are changed to allow players to limit, say, the total >value of benefits received, then players would need to account for the >benefits they've accepted. ("Hold on a minute before you give me the can of >Coke; I need to write down the date, who gave it to me, and how much it's >worth!) I have to agree with Ryan. Anytime I hear of a seemingly ridiculous NC$$ rule, I just try and imagine what abuse it's there to prevent. Usually I just picture what a big-time football booster would try to get away with if not for the rule, and I can easily see why the rule is there. Pam Sweeney Go Gophers! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.